Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S, 26997, Oliver Farnsworth, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass.
Farnsworth, Oliver
S. 26997
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1661.
Massachusetts
Oliver Farnsworth
of Tenkle in the State of Me who was a Pirate in the Company commanded by Captain of the commanded by Col Woods in the Me time for 7 Days 19 Days
Date of death not in
Inscribed on the Roll of Me at the rate of 25 Dollars 13 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Nov- 1832 and sent to Col Folsom Folsom Herbert now present
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $38.12 Semi-annual allowance ending June 33 12.70
$50.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk Book D Vol. 27 Page 57

Oliver Parnsworth
825243.

6 Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss.
On this sixteenth day of October personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester now sitting at. Templeton, Oliver Farnsworth a resident of Templeton in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated —
That he resided in the Town of Groton in Massachusetts in the winter of 1774 & 75, when he enlisted as a volunteer into a company of minute men, commanded by a Capt. — Salton  Parwell . Lieut. Amariah Fanchett  Amariah Fanchett . That he performed military duty once a week during the winter. That on the 19 th of April 1775 he received orders to march and accordingly did proceed to Concord, to oppose the force sent out from Boston to destroy the stores deposited at Concord. That he pursued the Enemy from Concord to Cambridge, Mass. and that he tarryed at Cambridge till about the 10 th day of June, at which time he was discharged and returned home having been absent on duty something more than seven weeks. That during this service he was attached to the Regiment commanded by Henry Wesson  Wesson Moot. of Pepperell. Mass. Col. — Wesson . — He has no documentary evidence, nor does he know of any one living on whom he can call as a witness.
That, in the month of June 1776 he enlisted as a soldier into a company commanded by Capt. Yates Lakin of Scituate, Mass. our Lieutenants name was Sam Laurens. Regiment commanded by Col. Robinson. His term of enlistment was six months. That his company was immediately ordered to Rhode Island, and arrived there in the early part of July, that he was stationed about 16 or 20 miles below Providence. That he performed equal duty the whole time there being several British men of war lying in the waters of Rhode Island during that time. That he performed his duty & service as a soldier during the whole term of his enlistment, and was regularly and honorably discharged by Col. Robinson, at Rhode Island on the first day of January 1777 - and returned immediately home. He has no documentary evidence. nor does he know of any one having that is

to his having performed the Service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Interrogatories propounded to the Applicant -
1 st . Where and in what year, were you born Ans r . Was born in the Town of Groton Mass. the 18 th Oct. 1751.
2 d . Have you any record of your age - and if so, where is it Ans r . - There is a record of my age in the Clerk's Office of Groton
3 d . Where were you living when called into Service; where have you lived since the revolution, and where do you now live
Ans r . - When called into Service, I lived at Groton Mass. and continued to live there till June 1783. when I removed to Templeton Mass. where I have resided ever since
4 th . How were you called into Service
Ans r . - I was a Volunteer -
5 th . State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you may recollect, and the general circumstances of your Service -
Ans r . - I have no recollection of any of the Officers or Regiments at Cambridge the Army was but just organized when I left - At Rhode Island Genl. Sullivan was our Commander in Chief -
6 th . Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service
Ans r . - None but Verbal -
7 th . State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Ans r . - Every man in Templeton -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - Before W. M. Prince Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Oliver Hemenworth
We Charles Wellington a Clergyman residing in the Town of Templeton and Artemas Dorr residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Oliver Hemenworth who has subscribed and sworn

to the above declaration; That we believe him to be Eighty years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and That we concur in that opinion -
Charles Wellington Artemas Lee
Sworn & subscribed the day 3
and year aforesaid. Before Nathl. Prine Judge of Probate for the county of Worcester
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Rev. Charles Wellington, who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Templeton, and that Artemas Lee, who has also signed the same, is a highly respectable resident in the same town, and that their statement is entitled to the fullest credit.
Nathl. Prine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I, Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Farnsworth for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two -
Theophilus Wheeler Reg of said Court

January 9, 1934
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Oliver Farnsworth-S.26997 BA-J/AWF am
Honorable Frank H. Foss House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Foss:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Oliver Farnsworth of Massachusetts.
The data contained herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 26997, based upon his service in that war.
Oliver Farnsworth was born October 18, 1751 at Groton, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in said Groton, Oliver Farnsworth was a minute-man in the winter of 1774 and 1775 in Captain Farwell's company, and marched on April 19, 1775 to Concord and pursued the enemy to Cambridge, was in service seven weeks, a part of the time under Colonel Henry Wood. He enlisted in June, 1776 and served six months as private in Captain Nathaniel Lakin's company, Colonel Robinson's Massachusetts regiment.
He continued to live in Groton until 1783, when he moved to Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was allowed pension on his application executed, October 16, 1832, then a resident of Templeton.
There are no data in this claim relative to the

family of Oliver Farnsworth.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

26 997 Rev INVALID.
File No. 26 997
Oliver Thorneith
Dis Rev Mss Mss regt.
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1727 Feb. 26 J.W. Holden ad. Sol. was living in 1832 etc. etc. 1834 Jan. 9 - died at Am. French H. Fossbury

THE COPLEY-PLAZA BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
ARTHUR L. RACE MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE PLAZA FIFTH AVENUE, 58TH TO 59TH ST., N. Y.
THE GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA.
U.S. Pension Bureau. Jan. 6. 1927. Washington, D.C.  Gentlemen, —  Can you inform me if Oliver Tarnsworth a Revolutionary soldier from Groton, Mass. who answered the call of Apr. 19. 1775, serving as private in Capt. Henry Tarnell's Co. of Minute-men. Col. 20 th Regt., ever received a pension from the government. He last lived, and died in Shelburne, Mass in 1802.  I desire if possible to secure the names of his parents

THE COPLEY-PLAZA BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
ARTHUR L. RACE MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE PLAZA FIFTH AVENUE 58TH TO 59TH ST., N. Y.
THE GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA.
or his children.
Any information you can give me will be appreciated. Kindly send information to me at Fitchburg Bank & Trust Co. , 306 Main St., Fitchburg, Mass.
Thanking you for the favor, I am,
Yours respectfully, J. W. Holden

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
February 26, 1927
F. W. Holden Fitchburg Bank & Trust Co 306 Main St Fitchburg, Mass
Sir:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War Records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Oliver Farnsworth, who died 1802 at Shelburne, Massachusetts.
Oliver Farnsworth (S. 26997), who was a Minute-Man in Captain Henry Farwell's Company, and marched from Groton, Massachusetts, on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, was living October 16, 1832 at Templeton, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not on record, nor is it stated whether he was married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

FRANK H. FOSS 3D DIST. MASSACHUSETTS
COMMITTEE: POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
January 2, 1934
Mr. E. W. Morgan, Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Director:
Will you kindly furnish me with such information as may be contained in the files of the Pension Bureau in regard to the following -
WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY THAT, INCONFORMITY WITH THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE 7th OF JUNE 1832, OLIVER EARNWORTH OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO WAS A PRIVATE IN THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY THREE CENTS PER ANNUM DURING HIS NATURAL LIFE, COMMENCING ON THE FOURTH OF MARCH 1831 AND PAYABLE SEMIANNUALLY ON THE 4th OF MARCH AND THE 4th OF SEPTEMBER IN EVERY YEAR.
GIVEN AT THE WAR OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES THIS 8th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1832
LEW CLAP SEC. OF WAR
Then on the back is this - Recorded by H. M. Blair, CLERK in Book D. Vol 2 page 57.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Frank H Foss